Telegraph message preparation and switching center



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(REQUIRES NO TEL NO) PRIVATE LINE END OF MESSAGE TEXT OF MESSAGE FIG. 2

26 Sheets$heet 2 E E E E E E N N N N O O 0 O INVENTOR GEORGE A. LOCKE ATTORN Y Aug. 23, 1966 Filed Sept. 19, 1962 G. A. LOCKE TELEGRAPH MESSAGE PREPARATION AND SWITCHING CENTER OO O O OOOOOOOOO 1 l298865I4ATLRRUA ATLRREAI O OTHER SYSTEMS I TEL. NUMBER INSERTED z a 2 E E a N N N N /L MNEMONIC OF START OF L TEL. NUMBER INSERTED MESSAGE BY TRANSLATOR INSERTED TEL. MNEMONIC BY TRANSLATOR NUMBER TRANSLATOR IDENTIFICATION SHIFT REGISTER IDENTIFICATION RECEIVE UNIT IDENTIFICATION 1 M I TEXT OF MESSAGE O O O LGARRUAI 26 Sheets-Sheet 5 END OF MESSAGE MNEMONIC OF END OF INSERTED TEL. NO. ADDRESS WITH RUB OUT DELETED INVENTOR GEORGE A. LOCKE ATTOR Y FIG. 3

Aug. 23, 1966 e. A. LOCKE 3,258,649

TELEGRAPH MESSAGE PREPARATION AND SWI TCHING CENTER Filed Sept. 19, 1962 26 Sheets-Sheet 4 UBQ) TO SHIFT REG. 4

TO SHIFT REG. 3

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SHIFT REGISTER 3150M 12s; STORAGE TO FIG.

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26 Sheets-Sheet 18 +T0 SHIFT REG.#4

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6 I4SR|A I28 -x i TO FIG. 27

|4SR2A GEMTAI TO SHIFT REG. 2

9 I4SR3A G '2 TO SHlFT REG. 3

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1. IN A MESSAGE SWITCHING AND PREPARATION CENTER (A) AT LEAST ONE OUTPUT MEANS FOR RECEIVING A MESSAGE TRANSMITTED THERETO FOR SUBSEQUENT RETRANSMISSION, (B) AT LAST ONE INPUT MEANS FOR TRANSMITTING A MESSAGE THROUGH SAID CENTER TO SAID OUTPUT MEANS, SAID MESSAGE INCLUDING AT LEAST ONE ADDRESS CODE OF A PREDETERMINED TYPE THEREIN, (C) STORAGE MEANS FOR TEMPORARILY STORING SAID ADDRESS CODE AS SAID ADDRESS CODE IS TRANSMITTED FROM SAID INPUT MEANS, AND (D) MEANS RESPONSIVE TO SAID ADDRESS CODE OF SAID PREDETERMINED TYPE STORED IN SAID STORAGE MEANS FOR INSERTING AT LEAST ONE ADDITIONAL CODE CHARACTER INTO THE MESSAGE RECEIVED BY SAID OUTPUT MEANS, SAID ADDITIONAL CODE CHARACTER BEING DETERMINED BY THE PARTICU- 